Creature of Habit August

Last month (okay, yesterday!) I whined about how I have been feeling uninspired writing this blog. I think it’s because I haven’t really been in touch with what I’ve been reading. None of the books in July jump started my heart into beating just a little faster. “Dull torpor” as Natalie would say in the Maniacs song, Like the Weather. Maybe it comes down to wanting more oomph in my I’mNotSureWhat; meaning I don’t know if what I need or what would fire me up enough to burn down my yesterdays; at least so that they aren’t repeated tomorrow. I’m just not sure.
Hopefully, these books will do something for me:

Fiction:

• African Queen by Cecil Forester – in honor of the movie. Can I be honest? I’ve never seen the movie!
• Antonia Saw the Oryx First by Maria Thomas (EB/print) – in honor of August being Friendship month.
• Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object (EB/print) by Laurie Colwin – in honor of August being National Grief Month.
• Strong Motion by Jonathan Frazen (EB/print) – in honor of August being Frazen’s birth month.
• Beauty: the Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley (EB/print) – in honor of August being Fairy Tale month.

Nonfiction:

• Florence Nightingale by Mark Bostridge (EB/print) – in memory of Florence Nightingale. August is her death month.
• American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood by Maria Arana (EB/print) – a memoir in honor of August being “Selfish Month.”
• If there is time: What Just Happened by James Gleick – in honor of Back to School month.

Series continuations:

• Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov (EB/print) – the penultimate book in the Foundation series.
• Die Trying by Lee child (AB/EB/print) – the second book in the Jack Reacher series.

Early Review:

• Filling in the Pieces by Isaak Sturm (started in July).
• Open Water by Mikael Sturm.